We all have baggage. Some we carry around for decades—a snarky, hurtful comment is like an old tube of travel toothpaste that we find when we dig out a suitcase to go somewhere. We look at it and think, I’ll just keep this in case I need it again. Despite that its freshness is gone … Continue reading
It’s one of those songs that makes your heart ache a little, in a good way, during this time of year. Epiphanies come when our minds are clear. For me, they’ve often been before a turning point in my life or during sheer exhaustion—in the middle of a before and after kind of event. You … Continue reading
I thought giving thanks, since many of us are celebrating that holiday this week, would be a great MM&M 50th post. I’m thankful for that—that I was able to come up with some idea (some better than others) on Mondays, regularly at times, sporadic at others. Fifty of them! Thanks to you for reading them. … Continue reading
To get back into the habit of writing for myself I decided the best way to get back into my inner world (that lonely place where you try to summon something of worth from within), was to get OUT of my head and stop worrying about it so much. So that’s what I did, what … Continue reading
The longer I’m on this earth the more I realize it’s the little things that wow me the most. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy big surprises, a romantic something or a trip to somewhere great that takes careful planning, but really it’s those tiny moments of feeling just so good where you are … Continue reading